Live community event: Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
From Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order by Rachel Maddow, MS NOW
December 30, 2025 · 1h 27m · Season 1 · Episode 7
About this episode
Rachel Maddow hosts a live conversation about the race-based incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II and its relevance today.
Rachel Maddow hosts a special conversation with guests from her "Burn Order" podcast, live from the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles to discuss the fight against the race-based incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II and how lessons from that episode in American history apply today.
People in this episode
Host: Rachel Maddow
Topics covered
- race-based incarceration
- Japanese-American history
- World War II
- civil rights
- American history
- community engagement
Keywords
- Rachel Maddow
- Burn Order
- Japanese-Americans
- incarceration
- World War II
- civil rights
- Orpheum Theater
- Los Angeles
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Burn Order
Places: Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, Japanese-Americans
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